by Raheem Kassam, The National Pulse:
Concerns over the integrity of the electoral process in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico have been highlighted by the Centro de Periodismo Investigativo (CPI). An investigation reveals that deceased individuals and non-residents are still registered as active voters, with their details being used to cast votes in recent elections.
Jessika Padilla Rivera, vice president of the Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (CEE), acknowledged delays in updating the registry due to a lack of data integration between the CEE and the Demographic Registry. The news comes as activists continue to push to have the territory recognized as an American state, along with the ability to vote in U.S. elections. Supporters of Puerto Rico statehood include Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, as well as George and Jeb Bush.
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While the Democrat platform does not officially endorse statehood, Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) recently revealed his belief that a potential President Kamala Harris would pursue such a course, given that she signed onto legislation supporting it while serving in the U.S. Senate.
Florencio Fernández Martínez, 95, who has lived in the Dominican Republic since 2010, and his wife Ana María Demorizi Castillo, who passed away in 2011, were found to have cast votes in 2020 and 2016. Their active status in the electoral registry suggests a systemic issue, corroborated by the CPI through the “Consulta del Elector” platform.
The CPI’s analysis uncovered almost 5,872 deceased individuals registered as active voters from 2015 to 2020 and around 2,865 centenarians, some allegedly born in the 1800s, still marked as active voters. There were 1,287,745 votes cast in the territory’s 2020 general election, with the margin of victory for winner Pedro Pierluisi standing at around 19,000 votes.
Electoral fraud mechanisms, identified by sources within various political parties and the CEE, include using deceased and elderly individuals’ personal data to cast fraudulent votes.
The CPI found that approximately 900,000 deceased individuals were listed in the electoral registry. This discrepancy raises questions about the alleged procedural implementations by the CEE, which has a historical backlog that impacts the accuracy of voter rolls. The CPI cited testimonies indicating systemic failures and fraudulent practices extending back over two decades.
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